The ENSG was created as Institut de Geologie Appliquée de Nancy in 1908, and became a National Engineering School, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Géologie Appliquée et de Prospection Minière, in 1948.
In 2010, it received the Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers status from the National Institute for Earth Sciences and Astronomy (INSU) of the Centre national de la recherche scientifique.[1]
The school
The ENSG engineering school is one of the French Grandes Ecoles, part of the University of Lorraine and associated with the Institut Mines-Télécom. It trains students in the main fields of geological engineering. Its flagship degree is the Diplome d'ingénieur de l'ENSG (M2-level), which combines education in mathematics, physics, engineering and geology.
Admission
The majority of ENSG students are recruited at L3 level after a national competitive entrance exam following a two-year Classe Préparatoire aux Grandes Ecoles or based on an application file after a bachelor's degree. Admissions in second year (M1 level) are also possible for students after a M1 cursus.
During semesters 8 and 9, students specialize in Geotechnics, Mineral resource engineering and management, Water and the environment, Geosciences for energy, Reservoir engineering and hydrodynamics or Numerical geology.
The last Semester (10) is dedicated to an end-of study project, generally performed as an internship.
Research
The ENSG professors and researchers are associated to several research labs:
CRPG: Centre de Recherches Petrographiques et Geochimiques
GeoRessources: Geomodels, Raw Materials, Geosystems
LIEC: Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Continental Environments
LEMTA: Theoretical and Applied Energetics and Mechanics Laboratory
LORIA: Computer Science Research and Applications.
